Derivatives Association Inc.

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  Wall Street wins rollback in Dodd-Frank swap-trading rules

  By Silla Brush, Bloomberg  |  May 16, 2013

  JPMorgan Chase & Co., Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and the world’s largest banks won rollbacks in final Dodd-Frank Act rules that promise to transform the private swaps market by increasing competition.

• FIA and ISDA publish cleared derivatives addendum

  By Press Release  |  August 29, 2012

  The Futures Industry Association (FIA) and the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. (ISDA) today announced the publication of the FIA-ISDA Cleared Derivatives Addendum.

• ISDA study shows more OTC trades collateralized

  By Press Release  |  May 2, 2012

  The International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. (ISDA) today released results from its 2012 ISDA Margin Survey at its 27th Annual General Meeting in Chicago

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  CFTC adopts rule requiring real-time swap-clearing decisions

  By Silla Brush, Bloomberg  |  March 20, 2012

  The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission has completed Dodd-Frank Act rules requiring swaps brokers to decide within minutes whether to clear a trade.

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  U.S. regulators ‘paralyzed’ by cost-benefit suits, Chilton says

  By Silla Brush, Bloomberg  |  March 9, 2012

  Wall Street banks are using the threat of lawsuits to prevent regulators from writing rules mandated by the Dodd-Frank Act, said CFTC Commissioner Bart Chilton.

• ISDA: More than half of interest rate swaps are cleared

  By Press Release  |  December 22, 2011

  The notional amount of OTC derivatives outstanding increased 18 percent from $416.7 trillion at year-end 2010 to $491.3 trillion at June 30, 2011.

• ISDA, SIFMA sue CFTC over position limits

  By Press Release  |  December 5, 2011

  Two trade associations have sued the CFTC over rules that limit the positions that traders can have in certain commodities.

• ISDA: Electronic mandate limits OTC choice

  By Press Release  |  November 10, 2011

  The ISDA says that the estimated initial set-up costs to market participants from the new rules are more than $750 million while ongoing costs are more than $250 million per annum.

• ISDA says Europe's OTC stance goes too far

  By Press Release  |  October 20, 2011

  The group says the European Commission’s stance on organised trading of OTC derivatives goes beyond the spirit of the G20 commitment that OTC derivative contracts should be traded on exchanges or electronic trading platforms.

• Global trade repositories needed: ISDA

  By Press Release  |  September 26, 2011

  ISDA claims the fragmentation of trade repositories will introduce operational complexity, undermine risk reduction and impose unnecessary costs.